about
Pablo D Zapata
Film Director
Musician & Multimedia Artist
from Venezuela, based in London
He studied Arts and Film at the Universidad Central de Venezuela. His cinematographic work has been exhibited and awarded in numerous festivals around the world such as the Osaka International Film Festival, Nottingham International Microfilm, Buenos Aires International Film Festival, Solaris International Film Festival, International Symbolic Art Film Festival, Tagore International Film Festival, Rural Film Festival Arica Nativa, Human Rights International Film Festival of Buenos Aires, among others.
For several years he has worked as a Human Rights Volunteer in Venezuelan Prisons as a filmmaker and Instructor of Penitentiary Film through the Waleker Cineclub, directed by the well-known documentary filmmaker and social worker Livia Montes. He attended film workshops dictated by filmmaker Manuel de Pedro, the french documentalist François Caillat and acclaimed filmmakers Werner Herzog and David Lynch.
Awards
WINNER
FICMTD. Best Director, Cinematography, Art Direction & Special FX. El Hijo. Maracaibo, Venezuela. 2022
WINNER
ELCO Film Festival. Best Short Film, Direction, Production, Cinematography, Art Direction, Sound Design, Music & Poster. El Hijo. Venezuela. 2021
HONORARY MENTION
Solaris International Film Festival. El Hijo. Nice, France. 2021
FINALIST
Osaka International Film Festival. El Hijo. Osaka, Japan. 2021
WINNER
Roshani International Film Festival. Foreign and Animation Short Film, El Hijo. Aurangabad, India, 2021
WINNER
Tagore International Film Festival. Outstanding Achievement Award, El Hijo. Bolpur, India. 2021
JURY AWARD WINNER
Golden Sparrow International Film Festival. Best International Short film. El Hijo. Festival. Tamil Nadu, India. 2021
MENTION
Festival Baruta de Película. Experimental Short film. Half/Life. Caracas, Venezuela. 2017
FINALIST
Industry Boost Competition, Half/Life. Miami-Florida, EE.UU. 2017
1º PRIZE
Festival de Cine Rural Arica Nativa. Memory of Diving Bell. Directed by Pablo Zapata & Guadalupe Gómez Verdi. Arica, Chile. 2016
1º PRIZE
Premio Municipal David Suárez. Best Documentary Short film & Best Sound, Aquí Empezó. Directed by Livia Montes Cineclub Waleker. Edition & Sound Design by Pablo Zapata. Caracas, Venezuela. 2008
1º PRIZE
PROVEA Poster Contest La Masacre de El Amparo. Caracas, Venezuela. 2008
1º PRIZE
Festival de Cortometrajes de Barquisimeto, El Gato Negro. Directed by Adriana Tognella. Co-Production, Edition, Animation, Art Direction & Main Role by Pablo Zapata. Barquisimeto, Venezuela. 2007
WINNER
III Salón de Arte Digital. Best Animated Short Film. Frida en Silencio. Maracaibo, Venezuela. 2004
1º PRIZE
6º juegos Inter-facultades UCV, Poster Contest. Caracas, Venezuela. 2004
Film Festival
Official Selection
ONED art Experimental Film Festival. Microversus. Toulouse, France. 2023
Osaka International Film Festival. El Hijo. Osaka, Japan. 2021
International Symbolic Art Film Festival / ISAFF. El Hijo. Saint-Petersburg, Russia. 2021
Festival Manuel Trujillo Durán. El Hijo. Maracaibo, Venezuela. 2021
Buenos Aires International Film Festival. El Hijo. Buenos Aires (Argentina) & Madrid (Spain). 2021
Tagore International Film Festival / TIFF. El Hijo. Bolpur, West Bengal, India. 2021
Golden Sparrow International Film Festival. El Hijo. Tamil Nadu, India. 2021
VI Festival Video nodoCCS 2020. Half/Life.. Kristiansand Norway. 2020
The Lift-Off Sessions. Time is Homeland. Pinewood Studios, UK. 2020
Bogotá Experimental Film Festival.Yo, Piel. Bogotá, Colombia. 2020
18 International Human Rights Film Festival. Half/Life. Official Exhibition. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2019
International Environmental Film Fest. Memory of Diving Bell. Official Exhibition. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2018
17 International Human Rights Film Festival. Half/Life. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2017
Industry Boost Competition. Half/Life. Miami, EE.UU. 2017
Industry Boost Competition. The Circumcision. Miami, EE.UU. 2017
Retransmisión 2ª Muestra de Cine y video Independiente. Half/Life. D.F., México. 2017
Chimes of new moment - Re-visioning Just communities. Memory of Diving Bell. Bangalore, India. 2017
Voices From the Waters International Film Festival. Memory of Diving Bell. Bangalore, India. 2017
Kinosmena International Short Film Festival. Memory of Diving Bell. Minsk, Belarus, Minsk. 2016
Festival de Cine Rural Arica Nativa. Memory of Diving Bell. Arica, Chile. 2016
Post Mortem International Horror & Bizarre Short Film Festival. REM_01. Aguascalientes, México. 2016
Horror Online Art Navarra Film Festival. REM_01. Pamplona, España. 2016
Nottingham International Microfilm, The Circumcision. Nottingham, UK. 2015
Art Exhibitions
STREET ART INSIDE / Movimento Artistico Epigenetica. Live Performers Meeting. Rome, Italy. 2022
PAIAVISION - LAST SIGNS / Live Performers Meeting. Rome, Italy. 2022
NO LAND Debut Music Album. Online Live Performance. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2020
ANTROPOMORFIA Collective Art Exhibition. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2017
#INSTAKRONOS Gallery Days 2017 Photography Collective Exhibition. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2017
EL SILENCIO Photography Collective Exhibition. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2015